Where: Costa Rica (10.0° N, 83.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of faunal correlations. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134666: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi Dall 1912 clam | |
"Arca pittieri" = Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, "Arca lloydi" = Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, "Arca (Scapharca) costaricensis" = Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis
"Arca pittieri" = Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri Dall 1912 ark
"Arca lloydi" = Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi Olsson 1922 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) costaricensis" = Anadara (Rasia) costaricensis Olsson 1922 ark | |
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum
"Dentalium uscarianum" = Fissidentalium uscarianum Olsson 1922 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Latirus infundibulum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Terebra pumbriensis Olsson 1922 auger snail | |
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail |